Behrooz Tahanzadeh


Software Engineer at Voliro AG
M.Sc. at University of Stuttgart / ITECH

Website: b-tz.com
Github: github.com/behrooz-tahanzadeh
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/behrooz-tahanzadeh
Vimeo: vimeo.com/behroozthz

behrooz.tahanzadeh@gmail.com

Professional Experience

Software engineer (Aug 2025 - Present)

Voliro AG

Aug 2025 - Present
Zürich, Switzerland
- Developing and maintaining "Voliro Cloud", a Next.js application for remote fleet management and monitoring.
- Contributing to the backend codebase, developed in Go using the Huma REST API framework.

Software engineer (Jan 2020 - Aug 2021) / Team Lead (Aug 2021 - Oct 2023) / Software Architect (Oct 2023 - Aug 2025)

FELFEL AG

Jan 2020 - Aug 2025
Zürich, Switzerland
- Managed the entire tech stack, overseeing all technical aspects of projects and team collaboration.
- Contributing to the implemention a theft monitoring system using camera integrations, data collection, and machine learning model refinement using YOLO.
- Played a key role in rewriting the POS Android application, including UI development using Jetpack Compose, real-time cache implementation using Firestore, and enabling offline capabilities.
- Migrating a legacy backend application to GraphQL, implemented in C# using the Hotchoclate library.
- Establishing the development of our frontend projects, including the customer portal (my.felfel.ch) and internal ERP application using ReactJs. This includes the integration of our web applications with peripheral devices, including Zebra printers, MiPick inventory system, and barcode readers.
- Enhanced security measures by integrating the Keycloak authorization service across frontend projects and further integration with Azure Managed Identity.
- Involvement with migration to Kubernetes and Pulumi to ease the deployment in multi-tenant setup.

Software Engineer

Design-to-Production GmbH

Mar 2019 - Oct 2019
Zürich, Switzerland
- Development and consultant in the field of computational modeling and digital tooling for architecture, including C# development with Rhino3D
- Web design and development for architectural applications, using Three.JS

Software Engineer, Kuka Sunrise Programming

MZ Motion Design GmbH

Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
Stuttgart, Germany
- Research and development of new interaction techniques with KUKA LBR IIWA and KUKA Agilus using Sunrise (Java programming), including the development of a web-based programming UI using Three.js and Blockly
- Design and development of Unity content for art installations using the C# API

Research Assistant

Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), University of Stuttgart

Dec 2016 – Oct 2018
Stuttgart, Germany
- Contributing to Flectofold project at Baubionik exhibition at Schloss Rosenstein
- Developing control system (Software/Hardware) for Flectofold shading device, including a web-based UI communicating with an Arduino board to control a pneumatic shading mechanism operated via Festo pressure switches

Education

M.Sc. Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research

University of Stuttgart

Master of Science
Oct 2015 – Oct 2017
Stuttgart, Germany
Master Thesis: Cyber Macro Matter (grade: 1.0 / very good)
Authors: Miguel Aflalo, Behrooz Tahanzadeh, Jingcheng Chen
Supervisors: Prof. Achim Menges (ICD) + Prof. Jan Knippers (ITKE)

Architecture Engineering

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Bachelor of Science
Sept 2010 - Jun 2014
Final Project: "Computer Science Institute"
Advisors: Dr. Ahmad Ekhlasi + Eng. Hiva Farajpour Bakhtiari

Computer Engineering

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Bachelor of Science
Sept 2008 - Jun 2010
Tehran, Iran
Advisors: Dr. Ahmad Ekhlasi + Eng. Hiva Farajpour Bakhtiari

Publications

Physically distributed multi-robot coordination and collaboration in construction

Construction Robotics Jul 2020
Construction Robotics, 4, 3–18
Authors: Lauren Vasey, Benjamin Felbrich, Marshall Prado, Behrooz Tahanzadeh, Achim Menges

Cyber-Physical Macro Material, as a UAV [re]Configurable Architectural System

RobArch Conference
Sept 2018
Hosted by the NCCR Digital Fabrication and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Authors: Dylan Wood, Maria Yablonina, Miguel Aflalo, Jingcheng Chen, Behrooz Tahanzadeh, Achim Menges
Selected paper for presentation and publication

Dynamische und rekonfigurierbare Dachstruktur

Detail Magazine
Dec 2018
Three pages article, "Cyber-Physical Macro Matter," Print and Online
ITECH M.Sc. Thesis: Miguel Aflalo, Jingcheng Chen, Behrooz Tahanzadeh
Tutors: Dylan Wood, Maria Yablonina
Text: Bettina Sigmund

Honors/Awards

Selected work for "Creative Robotics 2018" Exhibition

May 2018
Linz, Austria
ARS Electronica Center
Exhibition "Cyber-Physical Macro Matter" project

"Bagh-e-Farzaneh", Architectural Design Competition

Design Competition
Nov 2014
Tehran, Iran
First place, Next Office
Chief architect: Dr. Alireza Taghaboni
Design team member, Parametric modeling, Environmental Analysis

Open Source Contribution

Bengesht plugin for Grasshopper

2011 - present
Available on Food4Rhino and GitHub (Since April 2019)
- Provides a range of functionalities for geometrical modification and communication mechanisms
- Well-known for creating a bidirectional communication between ROS and Grasshopper over RosBridge

Certificates

KUKA College_Basic Robot Programming

Oct 2017
Augsburg, Germany
The goal of this seminar is to get all basic acquirements for the programming of the KUKA robot.
Software version: KSS 4.x, KSS 5.x (KRC2)

Skills

Backend Development: C# Asp.net (GraphQL with Hotchocolate library, MassTransit with AzureServiceBus, Azure Function Api, EntityFramework), NextJs (Both as static-site generator and SSR), Keycloak (SSO Provider, Theme and Provider Development in Java)

Client-Side Development: ReactJs (Material UI, ThreeJs/fiber, Apollo GraphQL), Tailwind CSS, Android App (Kotlin, JetPack Compose, Hilt D.I.)

Cloud Computing/Services: Azure Services (KeyVault, ServiceBus, AppInsights, Frontdoor, Managed Identity), Azure K8s Service (ArgoCD, KEDA Scaler), Grafana/Prometheus, Logz.io (ElasticSearch for logs)

Databases: SQL (Proficient in data querying, manipulation, and optimization using Azure SQL Database and Postgres), CosmosDB (used for personal project), Firebase RealtimeDb & Firestore, Data visualization in Grafana

Machine Learning: YOLO (Roboflow, Object counting at Felfel fridges, Python API), Openai API(System prompt and schema refinement for a German grammar teaching tool, Typescript API)

DevOps: Pulumi (Azure Provider, initially we used Terraform), Bitbucket Pipeline

Languages: English(Full professional proficiency), Persian (Native), German (Learning/Goethe B1)

Other Skills:
Robotics ROS programming(ROS 1, Python API), KUKA (KRL/RSI), KUKA (Sunrise), Drone development (Pixhawk FCU)
Edge Computing Balena.io (IOT platform), Teltonika (Communication solution)
Electronics Arduino, ATMEL programming(Beginner), Circuit Design
Game Development Unity3D (modeling, shader scripting, and C# API), ThreeJs
Graphic Design: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
3D Modeling Rhino 3D